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The Return of Chest Hair!

From Mad Men's Jon Hamm to Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick, torso-fros are (finally) making a comeback. Plus: A gallery of the hottest fuzz.

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Han Solo brandished the original hunky man pelt.

Warner Bros./Everett

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No one does body or facial hair like Tom Selleck. Nobody.

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Burt Reynolds: King of packing wool

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The Goot is a master of two things: acting in 80s movies and posing with his shirt off.

20th Century Fox/Everett

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Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise started a decade-long trend of smooth torsoed men. We forgive him.

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A Hawaiian button-down with a dark tuft exposed is classic '90s hunk wear.

Warner Bros./Everett

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The boyish look of Leo's clean pecs has been replaced by hair once again. Good thing he can act.

20th Century Fox/Everett

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Craig ushered in a new era of bare-chested sex symbols; we think he might be waxing.

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He's slick in Mad Men, but shows torso-fro when it counts.

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Even teen heartthrobs have jumped on the unbuttoned bandwagon.

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